The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 26, 1929
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 79
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -27.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.08° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.82° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.